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Loved the video. Also very annoyed with the general reception seen on HN like “well it was fun”. Unreal the authors had the audacity to add that last line procl
by ecf 3y ago
Loved the video. Also very annoyed with the general reception seen on HN like “well it was fun”. Unreal the authors had the audacity to add that last line proclaiming a new age for humankind. Even more unreal that news everywhere fell for it.
- ricardobeat 3y agoI haven’t been cheering, but it would indeed herald a new age, if it turned out to be true.
- winwang 3y agoWhat I care about more than "fell for it" is the general lack of patience and skepticism from us, the audience and the commenters. As commenters, we are part of the media (i.e. social media). Usually, anything claiming itself a revolutionary discovery, especially in physics, has a strong undertone of crankery. For it to be included, even in a preprint, is a bit preposterous. It's not wrong to be excited, but there is a sort of fatigue which builds up, like the boy who cried wolf.
- athrowaway3z 3y agoThere is an cycle to these things. In the background you'll have heard older voices whisper warnings about the previous time. For the next ~10 to 20 years people will shout "Remember LK99" for every overly-grandiose severely-lacking scientific paper. Then a new paper will hit the right mix of attention-chasers and ignorance. I'll be there, just whispering warning.